亍

chù
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to take a small step with the right foot (only used in 彳亍)

Examples

HSK 5
他在湖边彳亍。
Tā zài húbiān chìchù.
He paced slowly along the lakeside.

Tips

usage
亍 never stands alone. It pairs with 彳 (a step with the left foot) only in the literary word 彳亍, meaning 'to walk slowly / pace to and fro'. Together the two halves spell out left-step, right-step.

Components

ideograph
亍 chù
a right-foot step
An abstract figure of half a footstep, the mirror of 彳. A pure stroke symbol, not decomposable into smaller parts in 亍.

Filed under radical 二 (èr, #7) by convention. 二 is not a separate component in 亍, so no strokes are highlighted.

Stroke Order

亍 chù